A week ago, his team leading by two points with seven seconds remaining, Radford University’s Travis Fields Jr. stood at the free-throw line with a chance to clinch victory. Instead, he missed both attempts, and Campbell’s Chris Clemons hit a 30-footer for the win.

Fields had to live with that moment, but he didn’t have to dwell on it. Less than 72 hours later, he scored 16 points in Radford’s bounce-back win over Winthrop. He was put on the line twice in the final two minutes and went 3 for 4.

In case there was any doubt, Fields proved he was the same player whose steal and pull-up jumper at the horn gave Norcom its third consecutive state championship in 2016.

“That Campbell game kind of hit me hard how it all played out, I’m not going to lie,” said Fields, who will return to the 757 as Radford plays at Hampton on Thursday. “I got into the gym early the next morning and just shot plenty of free throws trying to clear my head.

“All the guys were telling me, ‘Travis, it’s not the end of the world. It’s not the end of the season.’ We had another game in three days, so I had to leave that game behind me.”

That’s what competitors do, and Fields is a competitor. Radford coach Mike Jones remembers how, while still at Norcom, Fields would appear exhausted during a dead ball but completely transform once the whistle blew.

“He never used fatigue as an excuse,” Jones said.

Jones was the first coach to offer Fields a full ride. Fields said he committed to the Highlanders but, because of a timing issue, didn’t sign. So he began his basketball career at Old Dominion as a preferred walk-on in 2016-17.

The arrangement was that Fields would go on scholarship starting his sophomore season with the Monarchs. But after playing only 157 minutes in his freshman year, he decided to explore other options. And Radford was his first choice.

“They were the first one who had pulled the trigger on me,” Fields said. “With the relationship I had with the coaches, it was like a family-type vibe. That was a big thing for me.”

Another plus was the setting. At ODU, Fields was only five miles from Portsmouth. Now, he’s five hours across the state in the New River Valley.

“At ODU, I felt like I was still home,” he said. “Everybody I had seen every day I was still seeing. Coming here and being around different people, a different environment, it’s different from back home.

“Just getting a different view of a different place, I wasn’t in the 757 anymore. That played a big factor.”

Because he had been a walk-on at ODU, Fields was eligible to play immediately last season for Radford. As the first guard off the bench, he averaged 6.3 points a game. He scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting (3-of-3 from the 3-point arc) in an NCAA First Four win over LIU Brooklyn.

This season, Fields has started 21 of Radford’s 22 games. He’s third on the team in scoring (10.8 points a game), 3-pointers (40) and minutes played (29 a game). He scored a career-high 22 points in a loss at Maryland.

“I didn’t think he was a great shooter coming out of high school, but he’s built his body up,” Jones said of the 5-foot-10 Fields. “So he’s stronger and his range has increased. Now, he’s become a pretty dependable shooter with range.

“As for the other stuff, he has instincts for defensive purposes. He’s a good passer. He’s the type of point guard everybody would love to have.”

This will be Fields’ second trip back to the 757, though he doesn’t count the first (at William and Mary) because it’s an hour’s drive from home. Hampton, like Portsmouth, is one of the core seven cities that make up Hampton Roads.

“A lot of people are saying they’re going to show up, but I try not to think about that,” Fields said. “I get too anxious. I’m excited, but I have to stay level-headed at the same time.

“We’ve got to take care of the Big South first. Then we want to get back to the (NCAA) tournament and make it further than we did last year. We made history, but we’re trying to make more history.”